Listen up, little ones
Listen for the word he.
Reading
Isaiah 53:1–12 Our Sin—On Him
Optional Reading
Heb 7:26-28
Keys for kids
- Jesus is perfect.
- We are not.
- We need (and have) His perfection given to us and our imperfection paid for by Him.
Questions
- How does Hebrews describe Jesus?
- How does Isaiah 53 describe Jesus?
- How is Jesus the high priest that we need?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the high priest we need. He is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens (Heb 7:26). But His perfection was traded for our imperfection. Our iniquity was laid on Him. An unfair trade it appears, yet the trade of our great high priest.
He is God’s servant (v. 11). He delights to serve His Father—delights to do God’s will. And only by trading his service for our sin could we be justified—declared righteous, made right with God.
He suffered for us in his once-for-all perfect sacrifice. He was despised, rejected, stricken, smitten by God, afflicted, wounded, bruised, chastised, beaten, oppressed, afflicted, killed, and buried with sinners. All this for sinners like us because we need Him.
He is God’s righteous servant (v. 11). Righteous. No violence. No deceit in His mouth. Jesus, the perfect servant of God. He came to this earth not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
And in His perfection, He is put to death to pay the penalty of sin. His righteous soul makes the offering for our guilt (v. 10) that we can never make for ourselves.
He is the high priest that we desperately need. And, by grace, He is the high priest that we have!
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 40a, 111a
Prayer
- Rejoice that Jesus is the high priest that we need.
- Pray for change in you from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.